Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1999
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-899066-09-4 (ISBN)
Description
Video-assisted thoracic surgery is the alternative term for laparoscopic thoracic surgery. This text offers a review of the thoracic operations that can be carried out endoscopically, covering areas such as thoracoscopic imaging equipment and instrumentation, lung biopsy and thoracoscopic myotomy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1098 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-899066-09-4 (9781899066094)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
[MA MBBChir FRCS] - Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Content
1. Introduction 2. Evolution of Thoracoscopic Surgery 3. Thoracoscopic Imaging Equipment 4. Thoracic Sympathectomy and Splanchnicectomy 5. Pleural Diseases and Aspects of Trauma 6. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Lesions 7. Video-assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax 8. Pulmonary Wedge Biopsy: Technique and Application to Interstitial Lung Disease 9. Surgery of Bullous-emphysematous Lung Disease 10. Thoracoscopic Management of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule 11. Major Pulmonary Resection 12. Endoscopic Oesophageal Myotomy 13. Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 14. Oesophagectomy 15. Pericardiectomy 16. Interruption of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Children 17. Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 18. Current Literature